U.S. v. GONZALEZ-BASULTO

No. 89-1450.

898 F.2d 1011 (1990)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Edilberto GONZALEZ-BASULTO, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

April 9, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul D. Lazarus, Entin, Schwartz, Margules & Lazarus, Miami, Fla., for defendant-appellant.

Philip Police, Asst. U.S. Atty., Ronald F. Ederer, and LeRoy Morgan Jahn, Asst. U.S. Atty., San Antonio, Tex., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before CLARK, Chief Judge and WISDOM and SMITH, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM:

I.

Edilberto Gonzalez-Basulto (Gonzalez) was convicted of conspiracy to possess and possession of more than five kilograms of cocaine with intent to distribute it. 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1), 846. He challenges his conviction and his sentence. We affirm.

II.

On December 18, 1988, border patrol agents stopped Gonzalez at the Sierra Blanca, Texas permanent immigration checkpoint. Gonzalez was driving a refrigerated tractor...

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